Course registration for 2010-11 coming this month
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Current 9th-11th grade students will be working with their counselors during class time starting March 8 to make course selections for next year. Students will be given a copy of the Berkeley High course catalog in advance; you can also download a copy at right.
After all Berkeley High students have completed course selections, a copy will be mailed home for parents and guardians to check, probably soon after the March 29-April 2 spring break. (The mailing will be announced via the BHS e-tree) After the forms are mailed, there will be a short window for students to input corrections after school in the library lab.
Counselors will be available to answer parent questions after spring break. You can contact BIHS counselors Xia Lee (Green House) xia_lee@berkeley.k12.ca.us or 644-4573, or Zohra Taymuree (Blue House) at zohra_taymuree@berkeley.k12.ca.us or 644-4572.
Berkeley International High School, an International Baccalaureate World School, offers every student the opportunity to challenge him or herself to reach the very highest level of academic achievement. Our students will become intelligent, engaged, energetic and passionate about their own learning.Keep track of grades, attendance and more on PowerSchool
Berkeley High has launched its new PowerSchool web portal for parents and students, allowing families to check assignments, review grades and track attendance. The site is at ps.berkeley.net/public/; login credentials and passwords were sent by snail mail to all families last month. If you can't find your family's password, you can retrieve it by providing student and home information on the BUSD PowerSchool Login Lookup. More PowerSchool information can be found on the BHS website.
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Help for Extended Essay writers
The University of Rochester is one of many colleges and universities offering pre-college summer programs for high school students, but the upstate New York school has added a program for this summer that might be of special interest to IB students. Called E3: The Extended Essay Experience, the July 25-31 program offers rising seniors a chance to begin Extended Essay research, along with coaching by IB instructors and university librarians. For more information, contact Haniya Selzer at the University of Rochester, or talk to BIHS IB coordinator Ashley Milton.